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Caterpillar (CAT) Dividends Paid - Common (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar (CAT) has 17 years of Dividends Paid - Common data on record, last reported at $706.0 million in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Dividends Paid - Common rose 3.82% year-over-year to $706.0 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $2.7 billion, up 3.89%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $2.7 billion, 3.89% up from the prior year.
  • Dividends Paid - Common reached $706.0 million in Q4 2025 per CAT's latest filing, roughly flat from $707.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Dividends Paid - Common topped out at $707.0 million in Q3 2025 and bottomed at $562.0 million in Q1 2021.
  • Average Dividends Paid - Common over 5 years is $636.5 million, with a median of $634.0 million recorded in 2022.
  • The widest YoY moves for Dividends Paid - Common: up 8.78% in 2021, down 0.88% in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Dividends Paid - Common shows it stood at $599.0 million in 2021, then increased by 3.51% to $620.0 million in 2022, then rose by 6.77% to $662.0 million in 2023, then increased by 2.72% to $680.0 million in 2024, then increased by 3.82% to $706.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Dividends Paid - Common were $706.0 million in Q4 2025, $707.0 million in Q3 2025, and $662.0 million in Q2 2025.